Bacillariophyceae - Hemidiscaceae
Full reference: C. G. Ehrenberg. 1837. Nachricht des Hrn Agassiz in Neuchatel über den ebenfalls aus mikroskopichen Kiesel-Organismen gebildeten Polirschiefer von Oran in Afrika vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 59-61
Parent taxon: Hemidiscaceae according to G.R. Hasle and E.E. Syvertsen 1996
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Andrews 1976 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Araniscus, Azpeitia, Charcotiella, Hemidiscus, Roperia
Subtaxa: Actinocyclus actinochilus Actinocyclus ehrenbergii Actinocyclus ellipticus Actinocyclus ingens Actinocyclus octonarius Actinocyclus tenellus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Mexico (2), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
Total: 9 collections including 21 occurrences
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